Lordsmead Pre-School Playgroup

Analysis

Lordsmead Pre-School Playgroup is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in November 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Lordsmead Pre-School Playgroup reported income of £267k and spending of £260k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £107k to £267k (+150%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Lordsmead Pre-School Playgroup sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Home-Start Medway Limited (£266k), Future (£268k) and The Bartlett Foundation (£266k).